The oceanography of the Alboran Sea (AS) has been the subject of intensive research for
decades. Chief among the reasons for this interest is the variety of physical processes taking …

Measuring vertical motions represent a challenge as they are typically 3–4 orders of
magnitude smaller than the horizontal velocities. Here, we show that surface vertical …

An asymmetry in the clustering of oceanic surface material has been observed at the
submesoscales. Energetic and ephemeral submesoscale cyclonic fronts are associated with …

Intensive hydrographic and horizontal velocity measurements collected in the Alboran Sea
enabled us to diagnose the three‐dimensional dynamics of a frontal system. The sampled …

Abstract The East Mediterranean Sea (EMS) circulation has previously been characterized
as dominated by gyres, mesoscale eddies, and disjoint boundary currents. We develop …

Instruments drifting at the ocean surface are quasi-Lagrangian, that is, they do not follow
exactly the near-surface ocean currents. The currents measured by three commonly-used …

Vertical transport pathways in the ocean are still only partially understood despite their
importance for biogeochemical, pollutant, and climate applications. Detailed measurements …

Horizontal velocity gradients of a flow field and the related kinematic properties (KPs) of
divergence, vorticity, and strain rate can be estimated from dense drifter deployments, eg …

We have investigated the dynamics of the Polar Front (PF) in the southwestern area of
Svalbard, where the dynamics are defined by the interaction between the Sørkapp Current …

An array of Lagrangian instruments (more than 100 drifters and a profiling float) were
deployed for several days in the coastal waters of the southeastern Ligurian Sea to …